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take an inSide Shower outdoorS A desire for a modern, agricultural aesthetic drove the material choices for this home nestled in the woodlands in Occidental, Calif., says Laurie Erickson, a partner with Chet Zebroski in the San Francisco architectural firm EZDG. Those choices extend to the bathroom, where 6-ft. board-formed concrete walls topped by a roof structure of Douglas fir recall a wilderness outpost. Windows filling the space between walls and roof add to the pavilion-in-thewoods atmosphere. Served by two rainheads, the 5-ft. by 9-ft. curbless double shower is flanked by a bifold glass wall that opens to the outdoors. In a modest nod to privacy, along with the just-highenough concrete walls, a glass-block partition separates the shower from the toilet and urinal. Both fixtures, as well as a concrete-topped vanity, are wall-mounted, making the room easy to clean. Floors and a concrete seat are warmed by radiant heat. With the visual weight of all that concrete, “you get such a strong sense of your surroundings when you’re in that bathroom,” Erickson says. The home’s owners have discovered an additional by-product: great acoustics. “They find themselves going into the bathroom and dancing,” she says. ARcHITEcTS Laurie Erickson and Chet Zebroski, Erickson Zebroski Design Group, San Francisco; www.ezdg.net BuILDER Larry Horne Builders, Cazadero, Calif. PHOTOS Dennis Anderson, Brian McCloud SOuRcES Glass door, NanaWall; vanity top, Bohemian Stoneworks; windows, Blomberg Window Systems, Sacramento www.finehomebuilding.com Drawings: Martha Garstang HIll 0 1 2 4 ft. FaLL/wINTEr 2008 79